In case you let the smoke out

[john zibell]

Remember, the purpose of electricity is to make smoke. If you let all the smoke out of the box, it won't work any more.

Please note that British smoke is different from Italian smoke.

Please enjoy the feature linked below.

http://www3.telus.net/bc_triumph_registry/smoke.htm

 

[Mike.C]

:laugh:

I restored the Minister's Morris Minor several years ago and am now an expert in British smoke, but now that I have an Italian bike I am hoping not to learn about Italian smoke in the same way, although I did fry the torroidal transformer on a customer's Italian pad printing machine a few weeks back so maybe I can claim dual smoke qualifications.

 

[Holt]

:laugh:

You might have seen this one before:

A Treatise on the Importance of Smoke
- by -
Joseph Lucas

Positive ground depends on proper circuit functioning, which is the
transmission of negative ions by retention of the visible spectral
manifestation known as "smoke". Smoke is the thing that makes
electrical circuits work. We know this to be true because every time
one lets the smoke out of an electrical circuit, it stops working.
This can be verified repeatedly through empirical testing. For
example, if one places a copper bar across the terminals of a
battery, prodigious quantities of smoke are liberated and the
battery shortly ceases to function. In addition, if one observes
smoke escaping from an electrical component such as a Lucas
voltage regulator, it will also be observed that the component no
longer functions. The logic is elementary and inescapable!

The function of the wiring harness is to conduct the smoke from one
device to another. When the wiring springs a leak and lets all the
smoke out of the system, nothing works afterward.

Starter motors were considered unsuitable for British motorcycles
for some time largely because they consumed large quantities of
smoke, requiring very unsightly large wires.

It has been reported that Lucas electrical components are possibly
moreprone to electrical leakage than their Bosch, Japanese or
American counterparts. Experts point out that this is because Lucas
is British, and all things British leak. British engines leak oil,
British shock absorbers, hydraulic forks and disk brake systems leak
fluid, British tires leak air and British Intelligence leaks
national defense secrets. Therefore, it follows that British
electrical systems must leak smoke. Once again, the logic is clear
and inescapable.

In conclusion, the basic concept of transmission of electrical
energy in the form of smoke provides a logical explanation of the
mysteries of electrical components - especially British units
manufactured by Joseph Lucas, Ltd.

"A gentleman does not motor about after dark."

Joseph Lucas (1842 - 1903)